If you've only recently 'peaked'....

I have been a serious lurker for years, but #peaktrans has brought me out of the shadows. Having always been an open-minded, inclusive, leftie-liberal, feminist type I was totally supportive of people being whatever and whoever they want to be... but a 'lady penis'? The #cottonceiling? Biological males in women's refuges? Children being pushed into transitioning? Biological males in women's prisons? Fuck no! And #nodebate???!!! Outrageous!!!

I am growing increasing more livid by the day and am ready to actively engage in defending women's rights.

As others have said, I have nothing but love and solidarity for individuals who have body dysmorphia, are transexual (called 'truscum'?! how outrageous and vile), or intersex. Not feeling like you belong, or even not belonging, is a difficult burden to carry through life. I think society should be more inclusive and supportive all round. But insisting biological differences between the sexes don't exist is absolute insanity!

And finally, I cannot stand the hypocrisy of how this activism seems to be entirely one way... of biological males demanding access to women's spaces. It is so fucking obviously driven by male privilege. Can you even imagine this much traction being made by biological females demanding access to male spaces and insisting they are literally men and should be treated as such? And 'men' as a collective class having to change the very definition of male to accommodate this? Any males voices wanting to discuss it or highlight concerns being bullied and vilified into silence? It is utterly inconceivable.

As the wonderful Caitlen Moran says - there is a very easy test as to whether something is sexist bullshit or not. Is it something that's also happening to or expected from men? If not... call BULLSHIT on it.

Oh my god I could rant about this for hours...

I have been concerned for a while.
Ironically I am the sort of person who would step in without hesitation if a transperson was being abused in any way. Ironic because it seems that I am now transphobic
It may seem trivial but I think the final proof that we have fallen over the edge of reason is that a man in drag has won the first 'all women' CBB.
I am not misgendering him. He is a gay man who likes to dress as a hyper feminine woman.
And he has won an all woman competition.

CBB is crap and I don't watch it but it means something that the two favourites were a non woman and a woman who appeals to the anti feminist contingent.

Women like me haven't been so unpopular since the days of the suffragist. If you are not pretty, not 'girly', have opinions and want to be heard you don't fit the prefered stereotype. Big titted, massive haired sex dolls are cool. Crusty, old and right wing are cool. If you don't fit either you probably hate men and want them all dead.

Ive peaked on my peak today with the guardian article. Women calling other women cis and then having the audacity to write sisterhood in the same breath!! Transophantics!!!

It was MN (this board) that took the blinkers off for me, when Bruce became Caitlin Jenner. Then, the first female soldier thing and then cis, which made me shudder and then feel rage.

I think I might start identifying as a man with a vagina and wearing a big fuck off false beard.

*event

Fuck. I thought I'd peaked a while back, but nope!
I peaked at precisely 3.32 this afternoon.
Discussing a feminist even with my (all male colleagues) and we got onto the subject of trans.
One said he'd been watching Life of Brian with his teen and had to warn her there was a bit that was "old fashioned" in reference to the Stan/Loretta scene and she was amazed they were making a joke about it.

But it is a fucking joke, and it's one that we are living right now - a man declares himself a woman and is "oppressed" by the notion that he cannot have babies!

*privileged

No jokes - all true!

What are we doing? What is happening? I've been so worried about self ID becoming law, I failed to notice that it is already happening all around me. Self ID is here.

A feminist academic friend of mine retweets some very dodgy TRA posts I noticed recently. I can’t imagine what she is teaching her students. I am avoiding her.

It was reading threads in here. So many examples.

Today I saw a Women's Institute account on Instagram.

All self-identifying women welcome!

I'm looking forward to a bunch of men turning up and objecting to any discussion of women's issues. Too triggering, obvs.

Pink sperm??

Pink sperm.., on a masters degree, at a top uni?

You're pulling our legs surely

"pink sperm"??

C'mon, you MUST be making this up, it's too bloody ridiculous to be real!!!

Sorry - derail!
The Spartacus threads on here were the first "peak" for me, but so many since.

Where has all this come from? And who is paying for it?

Everyone was pretty much silent, there was no discussion. The lecture ended on a PowerPoint screen of pink sperm.

The ‘lecturer’ seemed to enjoy pointing out that she suffers from morning glory often, and the only thing I managed to utter about what a woman is was ‘I think I’m too priveleged to discuss this’ - not the best retort in the world

um
so what's to learn about "the female penis"?

theaveragewife was there a power point presentation? Anything you can share with us?

Bloody hell, I went to Uni there, it wasn't like that in my day!

How on earth did the class react to being taught about a lady penis??

I don't think I'd have been able to stop myself from laughing out loud!!

feminism as a part of my masters. Past feminists were ridiculed, and a TRA came in to teach a class on the female penis

I think I would have had to walk out (I realise there were probably valid reasons why you couldn't)

Yep - Warwick.

feminism as a part of my masters. Past feminists were ridiculed, and a TRA came in to teach a class on the female penis

I can't believe I've actually read this!

HOW THE FUCK HAS THIS HAPPENED????

My MP (Lab, female) has spoken about the plight of TIM in men's prisons. I'm not hopeful.

@TheRollingCrone see you in Birmingham!!